How to Get Involved with a Clean Water Organization
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2. Around 660 million people worldwide
are do not have access to clean water.
That amounts to nearly twice the
population of the United States or 9% of
the world’s total population. Having
access to clean water is often something
that people take for granted. Water can
play such a large role in the daily lives of
people all over the world. Below are 4
facts about water that may change the
way you value water and the many ways
that you use it.
4. Around 660 million people worldwide
are do not have access to clean water.
That amounts to nearly twice the
population of the United States or 9% of
the world’s total population. Having
access to clean water is often something
that people take for granted. Water can
play such a large role in the daily lives of
people all over the world. Below are 4
facts about water that may change the
way you value water and the many ways
that you use it.
5. 1. Diseases and Infections from the use of
dirty water kill more each year than
every form of violence, this statistic
includes war and combat. Around 40% of
those recorded deaths are children ages
5 and younger.
2. Each year African women spend 40
billion hours fetching water. These
hours take away from schooling, food
gathering and incomeproducing work.
6. 3. With access to clean water stable
plumbing, more children, specifically
females will be able to attend school and
not have to miss 1 week out of every
month at home.
4. 72% of the water collected in Sub
Saharan Africa is carried out by women.
Access to clean water can give them
their life back.
7. 3. With access to clean water stable
plumbing, more children, specifically
females will be able to attend school and
not have to miss 1 week out of every
month at home.
4. 72% of the water collected in Sub
Saharan Africa is carried out by women.
Access to clean water can give them
their life back.
9. Proper hygiene can be maintained with
clean water to bath in. Cleaner people
means fewer diseases.
Over three quarters of disease in
underdeveloped countries is waterborne
and can be combatted with access to clean
water.
The less time that people are spending
searching for clean water, the more time
they have to attend school.
More clean water gives people access to safe
cooking practices.
Economic development can be jumpstarted
as every 1$ invest in clean water can yield a
return of around 8$ economically.
11. Charity: water works with local
communities worldwide to promote and
implement sustainable water solutions to
help assure that everyone worldwide has
access to clean water. Since Charity: water
was founded in 2006, 20,000 projects have
been funded which has resulted in 6.3
million people having access to clean water
in 24 countries. This includes the
installation of new water collection systems
and the repairing of old ones. 100% of
donations are used to fund projects, since
operations expenses are covered privately.
13. Donate on a monthly, daily or one time
basis.
Charity: water accepts checks, stocks,
PayPal and cash.
Sponsor an entire water project that will be
started or continued at an appropriate
location. With a donation of $10,000 or
more, an entire community can have access
to clean water.
Pledge your birthday to Charity: water,
instead of asking your friends and family for
gifts, ask them for donations. An average of
38 people get access to water from a
birthday campaign.
